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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
Did you say stoned ? Hmmm, I wonder if Sunset Bob is, in fact, yet another Bob ? How does that song go ....
Well, they'll stone ya when you photograph some wood,
They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would.
They'll stone you when you're driving your new boat.
They'll stone you if you're just sitting there a-float.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
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Sunset Bob Dylan, yeah, that's it.
This thread has got me howling.
I thought the pictures from Sunset Bob were great and I never expected controversy. I only wondered how close to sunset time these photos were shot.
I would have done what SB did. Took pictures and left the birds alone on their little float. A judgment call of course. Besides, I don't know what kind of birds are protected and what kind I can pester and shoo away. I just know not to feed them or run them down.
So, what constitutes a reportable hazard? Normal flotsam and jetsam, spring debris, major log in the lake? What is the delineation point where normal becomes something requiring action? How many of you (us) would have seen the board in time to miss it without the birds marking it for us
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Many boaters pull stuff (like that board and larger) out of the Lake. Thank you. SB did turn to try to get the board but the birds beat him back to it.
In this situation I would have left the birds and board alone. In my case, boating alone and not being 100% able bodied, I would not have risked removing it. I could only call for assistance and watch until someone else removed the hazard. I don't think I would have called the Marine Patrol on that one.
By the way, what exactly was that saying, "Who was the fisherman first to cast stoned" (something like that...).
M-n-M = clever and on topic
Sunset Bob, Nice pictures
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Skip, Was that a true story?
Everyone. safe boating
